Pod-Textualizing the Past Podcast
1) Episode 25: Understanding Utopian Movements in the 19th Century
Taylor Spence (Ph.D. MFA, Artist and Independent Scholar) will delve into the world of utopian communities in the nineteenth century and explain how and why they were formed. From free love to rethin...Show More
2) Episode 24: Traveling through the 1820s
Sarah Jencks (History Co-Lab, A non-profit company) will discuss traveling in the 1820s. While we may just hop in a plane or take our cars for travel, in the 1820s traveling around for pleasure was m...Show More
3) Episode 23: Bringing Home the Bacon: Money In Early America
Joshua Greenberg (Ph.D. American University) is the author of Banknotes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic. In this podcast Dr. Greenberg discusses the development and c...Show More
4) Episode 22: Birth Control and Abortion in American History
Dr. Evan Elizabeth Hart (History-Missouri Western State University) discusses the history of abortion and birth control in this country beginning in the 1700’s. When does life begin? What was importa...Show More
5) Episode 21: Creating a Government for a New Nation
Dr. Liz Covart (Ph.D. University of California-Davis) joins us today to discuss the first governing bodies and the document of the newly formed United States of America. Creating a nation from separa...Show More
6) Episode 20: The Dakota-U.S. War (1862)
John Legg, (Ph.D. candidate, George Mason University) discusses the war with the Dakota in 1862 which took place in south central Minnesota. Legg has studied the Dakota extensively for years and his ...Show More
7) Episode 19: The Pueblo Revolt
Jose Miguel Chavez Leyva, (Ph.D. candidate, University of Texas at El Paso) discusses the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, that took place in modern day New Mexico. The Pueblo challenged the Spanish occupation...Show More
8) Episode 19: Soldaderas: Mexican Women and the U.S. – Mexico War
Melissa Trejo, (History, UTEP) examines the role of women as warriors in folklore, reality and historical memory. By focusing on the U.S. – Mexico War, Trejo reveals the double standard faced by fema...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Episode 18: A Change of Dress: Women and 19th Century Reform
Courtney Cauthon, historian and period seamstress joins us today for a discussion of 19th century fashion and the dress reform movement. Cauthon explains why this movement is important and why the st...Show More
10) Episode 17: Gender, Labor & the Lowell Mills
Dr. Bridget Marshall (English-University of Massachusetts-Lowell) gives us the scoop on the Lowell Mills and the female workforce that kept them running. What was daily life like for a mill girl? How...Show More